NEWSLETTER February 2017

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1 R O C K I N G H A M F O R E S T NEWSLETTER February 2017 Chairman s Chat Welcome to the February newsletter. I recently attended the first training of year (as a spectator) on Sunday 22 nd January. This was in preparation for the Area Indoor Showjumping qualifier and was held at Red Piece Stables. The instructor was John Thelwall. It was a very informative afternoon and from the rider feedback I received all had a very good time. My thanks to Antonia and Sophie for providing the venue and John for giving up his time. Although not compulsory I would urge anyone taking part in a riding club team to join in as it really is a good way to meet others in your team and receive very good instruction. Don t forget to come along and support your riding club. The Showjumping qualifier is on Sunday 12 th February at Houghton Hall and the dressage on Sunday 26 th February at Keysoe. Further details can be obtained from the riding club website. Hope to see you there. Tony

2 RFRC Team News TEAMS: February brings the beginning of the Winter Season Qualifiers and we have had a fantastic response from both Juniors and Seniors for the Show-Jumping and the Dressage so a huge good luck to all members competing, we look forward to seeing you there! Show-Jumping Teams: Junior Acorns 80 Senior Oak 80 Senior Beech 80 Harriett Pacey Amy Loake Estelle Irving Molly Martindale Antonia McKinnon-Wood Cheryl Cook Eliza Ireson Harriet Ensor-Clinch Nicola Stapleton Sophie Jessop Cody Manley Chloe Allibone Senior Elm 90 Amy Loake Gemma Byron Tracey Manning Emily Bell ENTRIES FOR THE COMBINED TRAINING WITTERING GRANGE HAVE NOW OPENED! Please enter and pay online. TEAM MEETING FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND QUERIES ABOUT TEAM EVENTS IS FRIDAY 7:30PM, PLEASE COME AND SAY HELLO! Sophie & Antonia For Junior teams please contact Antonia Mckinnon Wood Mob: For Seniors please contact Sophie Mckinnon Wood Mob:

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4 All riders must be members at least 4 weeks before the date of competition. All entries to be made online and payment must be received 4 weeks before date of competition. Competition Combined Training 75 Senior/Junior Date of event 19 th March 2017 Venue Classes Eligibility Closing Date BD Unlimited Prelim Points 0 points at Novice or above Dressage test BS 0 BRC HT 90 Q BE 0 Wittering (2013) May be registered 19 th Grange, with BE. February Wansford, Not to have been 2017 Peterborough Showjumping placed in the top PE8 6NR 75cm six at BE 90 or to have completed a BE 100 or above in the current or previous calendar year at close of prelim entry. Combined Training 85 Senior/Junior 19 th March 2017 Wittering Grange, Wansford, Peterborough PE8 6NR Dressage test BRC HT 100 Q (2013) Showjumping 85cm BD Unlimited Novice Points Up to 35 Elementary Points 0 points at Medium or above BS 225 BE th February 2017 Team enquiries contact Seniors Sophie Mckinnon-Wood Seniors Text/Call redpiecees@gmail.com Juniors Antonia Mckinnon-Wood Juniors Text/Call redpiecees@gmail.com For problems booking online contact Kelly Bellham Text/Call kellybellham66@hotmail.co.uk

5 Club Training & Social Events The most talked about subject must surely be the weather, I must say it is so very changeable now, one day thermals and woolly hats, and might I add the RFRC ones are brilliant and very good value, and the next day thinking wistfully of summer garden furniture. Ah, well, I don't fancy living anywhere else, especially as we have so much to look forward to this year. During this month, our social evening with Carol Brady was most informative. There was about a dozen of us congregated at the Friar, numbers a little low, I felt but a jolly evening was had by all. Food was delicious as usual, had I known the quantity I would have missed dinner. The dressage writers job is ultimately to write for the judge but also to make the job stress free. Unfortunately, it doesn't help the riders at all, as there were a lot of green faces at the following Sunday's competition. We were told it's a must to fill in all relevant information at the top of the sheet, also not to panic if you get a little behind, but the marks always come first before the comment and are the most important, the judge can then recap on the test. Some spelling mistakes can be ignored but clear writing is a must. We went through most abbreviations which was most helpful as there never seems to be enough space on the sheet. It is also the writers job to ensure that the riders and their numbers tally with those on the list, so to those of you who do compete in this discipline it is a good idea to give your number to the writer before the judge rings the bell. I have been asked if we will run another evening for writing. Yes, if enough of you ring and say you would like one. The dressage competition the following Sunday went off very well although it was later. The times didn't suit everyone but for others it did. Kelly has done the results, so well done everyone. Also, I have the guidelines for dressage writers as drawn up by BD if anyone would like one. Forthcoming events Friday February 10 sees our yearly Team training talk. The venue, at Cranford Village Hall, starts at 7.30 and will be hosted by your Team leaders of Antonia for Juniors and Sophie for Seniors. Roger and Rose who are usually on hand with queries for hats, tagging and flu vacs will be attending if available. This meeting is open to all who would like to be in a Team for the Club regardless of whether you have done so before, or that you may be a new member or that you may be interested in the future. Please go and give these hard-working ladies your support. Sunday Feb 12th dressage competition at Moulton Sunday March 12th dressage competition at Moulton Saturday March 18th sees the first of our training sessions at Alley Farm, Lowick. This is for flat work, schooling and running in to dressage later. The instructor for this afternoon is Di Strickland who many of you will remember from last year. These sessions start at 2pm and again at 3pm and 4pm. Come and enjoy meeting other Club members and gaining knowledge and, of course, you are welcome to bring a friend. Don't forget that this year the Club is subsidising all training sessions, so members will only be charged 15 but non-members will still be charged 23. I have a few bookings already so don't forget to ring me first and get a time. Payment on the day. Sunday March 29 - show jumping competition at Glebe Farm, Bozeat. Friday 24th March another of our social and instructional evenings, again at the Old Friar Twywell, Pete and Katy are very accommodating, 7.30pm for 8pm, fence judge training with Roger and Rose Batten. 'Singing off the same hymn sheet' as we always put it. All the rules and regulations, does and don'ts of fence judging at a hunter trial, the first one of ours is in May. As you will probably know we need two persons at each fence when we put on this event so we would love to

6 see you at this evening to explain what we do. There is no charge for this evening and we put on table snacks for those who haven't had time to eat beforehand. Hope to see you there. Forthcoming in April we start our training in earnest, 3 disciplines and a demo by your Chairman plus one of our honorary members and judges. Today I had a meeting with Andrew Baker of the Wildlife Trust and between us agreed on the new permissive bridle path in Hills and Dales at Cranford. This path will now join two public bridleways, one from Twywell/Slipton Corner and one from Cranford. This will now allow riders to ride either way in safety and/or a circular route from either end. I am assured that this work will start within the next few weeks, so by the time spring arrives, those of us in this vicinity and others that like hacking elsewhere, will be able to enjoy this very pretty route once again. See you all soon Hazel Tel: mob: or text A huge thank you to Horseware House LTD for sponsoring our teams with our lovely new saddle cloths

7 RFRC Training Calendar 2017 Date Event Venue Instructor Feb 2017 Fri 10th Team Talk Evening Cranford Village Hall, Cranford, NN14 4JE RFRC Committee March 2017 Sat 18th Flat/Dressage Alley Farm, Lowick, NN14 3BJ Di Stickland Fri 24th Fence Judge Training Evening The Old Friar, Twywell, NN14 3AH Rose & Roger April 2017 Sat 8th Flat/Dressage Alley Farm, Lowick, NN14 3BJ Di Harvey Sat 15th Show Jumping Manor Farm, Caldecott, NN9 6AR Tom Fray Sat 22nd X. C. Training Boughton, Weekly, NN16 9UP Di Stickland May 2017 Sat 6th Flat/Dressage Alley Farm, Lowick, NN14 3BJ Peter Hales Sat 13th X. C. Training Boughton, Weekly, NN16 9UP Di Stickland Sat 27th Show Jumping Manor Farm, Caldecott, NN9 6AR Tom Fray June 2017 Sat 3rd Flat/Dressage Alley Farm, Lowick, NN14 3BJ Di Harvey Sat 17th Show Jumping Manor Farm, Caldecott, NN9 6AR Tom Fray Sat 24th X. C. Training Boughton, Weekly, NN16 9UP Di Stickland July 2017 Sat 1st Flat/Dressage Alley Farm, Lowick, NN14 3BJ Tom Fray Sat 8th Show Jumping Manor Farm, Caldecott, NN9 6AR Tom Fray Sat 22nd X. C. Training Boughton, Weekly, NN16 9UP Jo Rhodes August 2017 Sat 5th Flat/Dressage Alley Farm, Lowick, NN14 3BJ Di Harvey Sat 12th Show Jumping Manor Farm, Caldecott, NN9 6AR Tom Fray Sat 19 X. C. Arena Training Boughton, Weekly, NN16 9UP Di Stickland September 2017 Sat 9th X. C. Training Boughton, Weekly, NN16 9UP Di Stickland Sat 23rd Show Jumping Manor Farm, Caldecott, NN9 6AR Tom Fray Sep 30th Triathlon Boughton, Weekly, NN16 9UP Key Evening Talks - Show Jumping - Flat/Dressage - Cross Country PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING - All mounted training is priced at 15 per member and 23 per non member. - You must ring me to book in for any training events and arrange a time. - Payment will be taken on the day for all training. - Cancellations by Friday evening. Not doing so will result in an invoice. Contact HAZEL: / (Some More dates may be added or changed)

8 Area 7 Winter Dressage, Keysoe, 26 th February 2017 RFRC are organising the Area Winter Dressage Keysoe 26th February. We will need your help please, especially if you are not riding. Scorers Writers Tack check stewards Arenas Stewards Score collecting Judges refreshments If you can spare some time for this PLEASE let me know (rosebatten@aol.com) with your name, contact number and the length of time you can spare Maybe a friend or family member could help? Whole day Half day (please state morning or afternoon or just a few hours). Half day or less and you will be rewarded with hot drinks and snacks. Whole day will get the above plus a lunch. If you are intending to compete, perhaps you can spare an hour or so around your times? Many thanks Rosemary RFRC Events Date Discipline Venue On line Link February Sunday, 12 th Dressage Moulton College March Sunday, 12 th Dressage Moulton College Sunday 19 th Show Jumping Glebe Farm E.C Please note that some dates are provisional and may change.

9 Moulton College 15 th January Wow loving how many members are practicing their dressage tests for the qualifiers on the 26 th February Into Tests B & C What super lovely tests from everyone, all horses and riders looking Fantastic, with loads of smiling Faces. Antonia Mckinnon & Mouse did very well and produced 2 very Beautiful test and got 2 well deserved 1 st placings, Su Houghton-Jones & Miss Molly so very Close winning 2 2 nd placings our Junior Member Harriett Pacey & Nova Keeping the seniors on their toes with a lovely 3 rd place this is their 1 st dressage competition for this pair. Emily Curtis & Calypso Cay are getting stronger partnership and are ones to watch out for. Finley Wootton & Jenny always produce a fantastic test and are getting better every time. Vicki Jessop and the lovely Sophie Jessop with Elka by Moonlight are getting lovely scores and comments from the judge. BRC riding tests Jane Turland & Just Jilly Came 1st with Elaine Tyler & Jason closely 2 nd well done ladies Prelim 2 & 7 Elise Kyle & Sizzing Sophie our Junior rider keeping our seniors on their toes with a lovely 2 nd place to Tracey Manning & satin rose. A lovely 1 st place for Lauren Stonestreet & Elby, Kelly Brown & Rasputin 3 rd and Su & Miss Molly did their 1 st prelim test and came home with a 4 th Rosette well done to all of you. Novice 27 & 34 Kelly Brown & Rasputin, Jane Vargerson & Tea Total and Natalie Barlow & Sambuca B All producing fantastic tests and gaining RFRC points for the novice Trophy theses points are very tight. Elementary 49 Jane Vargerson & Tea Total, Jenny Martin & Harry III and Natalie Barlow & Sambuca B always a pleasure to watch these horses and riders well done Ladies Antonia & Mouse Finley & Jenny with Ruby & Robin Emily & Calypso Cay

10 Riding Clubs Membership runs from January December There are many benefits of joining our friendly riding club, some are below: Discounted And regular Training sessions and clinics with Fantastic instructors such as, Di Harvey, Jane Williamson, Tom Fray, Di Stickland, George Whitaker, Jo Rhodes etc... Participation in RFRC Dressage, Show jumping, Showing, Hunter trails and team points leagues. Discounted entry fees to all Rockingham Forest Riding Club Shows and Competitions Non-competitive activities such as workshops and social events. Competitive activities discounted at our Dressage, Show jumping, Hunter trails, and showing show. RFRC Team Training. Even more Competitive activities at Area 7 team events qualifiers and championships. Regular newsletter available via and on our website Social Media Notifications RFRC website, used to communicate news item and keep members fully informed of current and future activities. for online membership see Or please fill it out the downloadable form, and then send it with payment to the address on the form. If you have any questions, please feel free to us on rfrc@hotmail.co.uk Affiliation to British Riding Clubs giving the following benefits: Quarterly subscription to the Rider magazine Opportunities to compete at a wide range of BRC affiliated events, run at Area and National level Discounts on various equestrian products Third Party Insurance cover while competing at BRC affiliated events Horse Welfare Scheme advisers are available offering management advice and support to BRC members

11 ROCKINGHAM FOREST RIDING CLUB Name (Mr,Mrs,Miss,Ms) Address MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM Postcode Phone Mobile Address (so that information can be ed to you) Date of Birth if under 18 years on 1 st January 2017 MEMBERSHIP FEES per annum From 1 st January to 31 st December Single (senior & junior) Please Note. Newsletters are now only sent out Additional Family Member 2nd via . If you would like a paper copy of the Additional Family Member 3rd newsletter, please send 12 plus 12 SAE with Additional Family Member 4th your membership form or send 20 to cover Non-Riding Member print and postage. Total Enclosed As part of our commitment to bringing the riding club into the 21st century we would like to start reminding our members and non-members of upcoming events can you please indicate how you would prefer to receive reminders: reminders Text Reminders Facebook Preferred Activities Showjumping xc Dressage ODE Combine Training Signed: Signed: Member Parent or guardian if under 18 years of age. Return completed form to: Cheques made payable to: R.F.R.C 58 Waterpump Court, Northampton, NN3 8UR Rockingham Forest Riding Club PayPal transfer to: rfrc@hotmail.co.uk (in notes please put name & event) Transfer money direct to our NatWest account Contact Amy Loake amy_ctsl@hotmail.co.uk for details

12 Rockingham Forest Riding Club is run by a committee of volunteers. We run competitions to raise funds in order to subsidise the training and social events we provide. We know you are all busy, but these events are being organised for you and WE REALLY DO NEED YOU so PLEASE find a bit of time to give the faithful few some help. Whenever we organize an event, we always need lots of helpers. We are dependent on our parents, friends and connections to provide that help as without it the events simply cannot happen. We ask that each member s family/friends volunteer to help at a minimum of one event each year. we do keep a list of those who have helped!! The more people who volunteer as helpers, the less the onus falls on the faithful few, so please put your name forward to help in some capacity. Don t underestimate yourself we desperately need people to do a wide range of jobs and you don t need to be an expert you just need to be willing! We will give you any instruction/training you may need so don t worry if you think you haven t a clue we can help! Quite apart from anything else, helping at events is good fun, sociable and gets you away from the daily humdrum for a while! The following gives you an idea of the sort of help we need:- Catering, Fence Judging, Stewarding, Tack checking, Lorry park stewards, Score collectors, Scorers, Show-jumping poll pickers, putting up show-jumps and taking them down at the end of the day, flagging cross-country course, Maintenance of equipment, Storage and transport of equipment, Dressage writers, Taking round refreshments etc. etc. etc. We often need some professional help at our events, i.e. doctor, vet, farriery, paramedic, etc. so again, please let us know if you would be prepared to help in a professional capacity. Thank you. Please contact Kelly Bellham rfrc@hotmail.co.uk Phone/Text:

13 Open Dressage Kind permission of Moulton College E.C. Indoor on surface, Pitsford Centre via Gate 4 NN3 7QL Sunday 12th February 2017 Sunday 12th March 2017 Intro B (2008) Intro C (2016) BRC Preliminary Test (2014) BRC Novice Test (2016) Preliminary 2 (2016) Preliminary 7 (2002) Novice 27 (2007) Novice 34 (2009) Elementary 49 (2009) ALL Non Members Must have their own public liability insurance. BRC members and BHS Gold members will be covered Full schedule, terms and conditions please visit

14 Rockingham Forest Riding Club would love to thank Fox Land Rover limited for sponsorship of our dressage and hunter trial events

15 Show Jumping Kind permission of Glebe Farm E.C Harrold Road Bozeat Wellingborough NN29 7LB Glebe Farm Shop & Tea Room will be open Sunday 19th March 2017 Show Jumping & Grassroots Sunday 23rd April 2017 Show Jumping & Grassroots Sunday 25th June 2017 Show Jumping & Grassroots Sunday 20th August 2017 Show Jumping & Grassroots Sunday 8th October 2017 Show Jumping & Grassroots Start 9.30am Class 1 40cms Class 2 50cms Class 3 60cms Class 4 60cms BRC area 7 Grassroots Class 5 70cms Class 6 70cms BRC area 7 Grassroots Class 7 80cms Class 8 90cms Class 9 100cms Prize money depending on entries in the class Full schedule, terms and conditions please visit Open Show Jumping but ALL Non-Members Must have their own public liability insurance. BRC members and BHS Gold members will be covered. (Classes 1 & 2 may be split under 10 and over 10 depending on entries)

16 I m a Rider Psychology Coach, specialising in helping riders overcome competition nerves at RC and grassroots level upwards across eventing, dressage and Showjumping. I m running a talk at The College EC Keysoe on Thursday 2 March. It s called Compete with Confidence In 2017 and is aimed at riders who get nervous and want to learn how to overcome competition nerves. It s ideal for RC members, particularly those who compete in the RC teams. I m currently running a special offer on tickets. The standard price is 20 per ticket, but I m currently offering tickets at 12 each or 2 for 20. Here s the link for more information and to book: leadpages.co/compete- confidence keysoe/ If you think this would be of interest to your Rockingham Forest RC members, it would be great if you could share it with them. I m launching this series of talks for 2017 across a number of RC areas following the success of my 2016 talks, which were attended by a total of 300 riders. Here is a link to a testimonial on my website from one rider who attended one of my 2016 talks and found it helped her overcome nerves following a fall from her horse: ng.co.uk/project/emily/ My talk is focused on the application of sports psychology in equestrian sport and is designed to provide practical and simple steps for riders to help them overcome nerves and build their confidence. If you d like to enquire about organising a talk for Rockingham Forest RC then please feel free to get in touch and I d be happy to discuss this with you. Best wishes Helen Helen Rennie Rider Psychology Coach Mobile ADVERT DIY Livery available for 2 geldings from mid-february in Woodford. Small private yard, lovely airy boxes, good clean grazing and pleasant hacking, well-kept ménage. 120 per calendar month. Sorry no children. Please ring in the first instance, Di on or Hazel on

17 Book Corner The evenings are beginning to get longer and even the weather has warmed up a bit, great news. I have now read my new book called Soldier, Spy by Tom Marcus. A biographical look at what MI5 gets up to. It really is very exciting as he describes various operations they get involved with and how they leave not a trace. It is quite comforting to know that they are on our streets keeping us as safe as possible in these trying times. Another book that I have been given and am looking forward to reading is called Cows in Trees. A memoir by a retired vet called Julian Earl. It is full of funny stories of what animals get up to when they try to avoid the vet! I will keep you posted. Jenny Can any of you recommend a book? If so, please let me know and I will include it in a future Newsletter. Just include title, author and publisher plus a short critique. RFRC Committee Meetings The Committee meets usually on the first Monday of the month at Stanwick Working Men s Club, Stanwick. If any of you have issues, complaints, praises for the Riding Club, then please do contact one of the Committee members beforehand so that it can be brought up at the following meeting. The dates for 2017 are as follows: Monday, 6 th March, 3 rd April, 8 th May, 5 th June, 3 rd July, 7 th August, 4th September, 2 nd October, 6 th November, 4 th December.

18 RFRC Committee Members Chairman Tony Neal M apcneal@hotmail.co.uk Secretary & Sponsors Vicky Irving T or M virving@googl .com Junior Team Manager Antonia Mckinnon Wood Redpiecees@gmail.com Senior Team Manager Sophie McKinnon-Wood redpiecees@gmail.com Area Representative Roger Batten T roger1batten@gmail.com Treasurer Amy Loake M amy_ctsl@hotmail.co.uk Newsletter & BRC Area Judge Jenny Innes M jsb_innes@yahoo.co.uk Vice Chair Kelly Bellham M kellybellham66@hotmail.co.uk Points & Trophies Liz Hockey M lizhockey@btinternet.com Competitions Assistant Karen West M Kazmr2@hotmail.co.uk Health & Safety Officer Antonia McKinnon-Wood M redpiecees@gmail.com Social & Training Secretary Hazel Yates T M hazelyates@outlook.com Advertising & Website Caryn Harris carynharris@hotmail.co.uk Membership Jane Vargerson vargersonjane@gmail.com Memberships forms available for download at Address rfrc@hotmail.co.uk